Bra cup padding structure

ABSTRACT

An improved bra cup padding structure comprises essentially a finished bra cup padding and a layer of self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film coated over the inner surface or the exterior surface of said finished bra cup padding, thereby imparting said bra cup padding an adhesiveness such that said improved bra cup padding can stick securely against the female breast or the bra and hence can give the female breast an firm and ample appearance without displacement due to the continual movement of the female chest, and further highlights the bosomy and natural curve of the female chest to the extent that, when viewing either from lateral side or front sight, a naturally, lively and attractively curvaceous beauty is presented. Furthermore, since said self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film is produced through unsaturated cross-linking a silicone gel, once upon sticking on the skin or the clothing, or folding on each other, said film can be peeled away and reused readily without damaging the object being stuck or the film itself.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates an improved bra cup padding structure, and inparticular, to a reusable improved bra cup padding characterized in thatits inner surface or exterior surface is provided with aself-adhesiveness such that said bra cup padding can adhere securelyagainst the bra or upon the female breast, thereby it will not displacedue to the fluctuation of breasts.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Conventional bra such as those disclosed in the Applicant's ROC patentNo. 412932, titled “Functional Bra” comprised essentially a silicone gelbra cup padding separately stitched at both bra cups of a bra, whereinsaid silicone gel bra cup padding was consisted of a silicone gel body,a PU film and a cloth for stitching, whereby said PU film could cladsaid silicone gel body, and after evacuating inside of said PU film,these were sealed by heating with high frequency microwave. Finally, thestitching cloth was firmly fitted against the thus-sealed silicone gelbody in order to stitch securely said silicone bra cup padding upon thebra. The prior art functional bra was characterized in that saidsilicone gel body was in a form having a thin upper part and a thicklower part, and that a groove was provided at the lower periphery of thebra cup padding, which, after being enclosed with said PU film, was heatsealed by high frequency microwave to yield a silicone gel bra cuppadding.

According to this prior art, the above-described bra cup padding havinga thin upper part and a thick lower part is primarily to be bound over abra in order to fix the bra cup padding at its position in a manner thatit can lift the female breast and acts as a breast support giving femalebreast a firm and ample appearance as well as a more beautiful chestcurve. However, if the bra cup padding is used alone without stitchingover the bra, the bra cup padding will displace due to the continualmovement of the female breast such that one can find at a glance thatthere is a bra cup padding over the female breast. This situation inpractical application has surely to be improved.

Accordingly, the above-described prior art product is not a perfectdesign and has still many disadvantages to be solved

The inventor has notice the various disadvantages associated with theconventional bra cup padding and thought to improve it, and after havingcarried out an intensive study for many years, has successfullydeveloped the improved bra cup padding structure of the invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the invention is to provide an improved bra cup paddingstructure characterized in that the bra cup padding can adhere directlyand securely against the bra or over the female breast in order to fixthe bra cup padding at its position, thereby it will not displace due tothe moving of the breast such that it can lift the female breast andacts as a breast support giving female breast a firm and ampleappearance as well as a natural chest curvature.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved bra cuppadding structure characterized in that it comprises a self-adhesiveflexible silicone gel film over the silicone gel bra cup padding, thecloth bra cup padding or the like, thereby once upon sticking on theclothing, the skin or the film itself, it can be peeled away and reusedreadily.

The improved bra cup padding structure that can accomplish theabove-mentioned objects comprises essentially of coating a layer ofself-adhesive flexible silicone film over the inner surface or exteriorsurface of an ordinary silicone gel bra cup padding or cloth bra cuppadding so as to provide said bra cup padding an self-adhesive innersurface or exterior surface such that the bra cup padding can adheretightly against the bra or over the female breast, thereby the bra cuppadding will not displace due to the fluctuation of the breast and hencethe bra cup padding can be fixed at its position in a manner that it canlift the female breast and acts as a breast support giving female breasta firm and ample appearance as well as a chest of natural curvature andelasticity; that the bra cup padding can be folded and packaged; andthat, since said self-adhesive film is made of a silicone gel throughunsaturated cross-linking, the coating will not stick each other andonce upon adhering against clothes, the skin or the film itself, it canbe peeled away and reused readily without damaging the object beingstuck or the film itself.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings disclose an illustrative embodiment of the presentinvention which serves to exemplify the various advantages and objectshereof, and are as follows:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the improved bra cuppadding structure according to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows schematically the practice of the improved bra cup paddingstructure according to the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the practice of the improved bra cuppadding structure according to the invention as well as the associationof the bra cup padding with the female chest;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the improved bra cuppadding structure according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIG. 1 and 2, a schematic view shows an embodiment of theimproved bra cup padding structure provided by the invention. Theimproved bra cup padding structure is produced by coating a uniformself-adhesive flexible silicone gel film 2 over the inner surface of afinished product of flexible silicone gel bra cup padding 1 or cloth bracup padding or other type of bra cup padding so as to impart the innersurface of the bra cup padding 1 a self-adhesiveness. Said flexiblesilicone gel 2 is produced by molding and curing a polysiloxane polymercomposition with following main components and by a process as follow:

-   -   component 1 being a polyvinylsiloxane polymer, having a        viscosity in a range of 100 CST to 100,000 CST, ideally, in a        range of 1,000 CST to 50,000 CST;    -   component 2 being a polysiloxane polymer, having a viscosity of        less than 5,000 CST, ideally, in a range of 25 CST to 500 CST at        room temperature, and having at least one Si—H bond in each        molecule; and    -   component 3 being a platinum catalyst;    -   whereby said three components are mixed and heated to 70°        C.-150° C., ideally, to 120° C., to cure and form a        self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film. Colorants and fillers        can be added during mixing said components for coloring and        increasing strengths of the product.

Thus, by coating the thus produced self-adhesive flexible silicone gelfilm 2 uniformly over the inner surface of the bra cup padding 1, theinner surface of the bra cup padding 1 can be imparted withself-adhesiveness. Since said self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film 2is produced by curing through unsaturated cross-linking, it will notadhere each other such that, once upon sticking a clothes or a skin, orfolding over themselves, it can be peeled away and reused readilywithout damaging the object being stuck or the film itself

Referring to FIG. 3, a schematic view shows the practice of the improvedbra cup padding structure. By virtue of the self-adhesiveness impartedon the bra cup padding 1, the bra cup padding 1 can conform tightly tothe skin of a female chest 3 and will not displace due to the continualmovement of the chest 3. Furthermore, it can intimately clad the femalechest 3 to let the wearer almost forgetting its existence as if it wasfused in an integral identity with the chest 3. In addition, since thebra cup padding 1 can be a form of a thin upper part and a thick lowerpart, it can lift and concentrate the female chest 3 so that the chest 3can be firmer and the size and curve of the body can be smoother andmore natural and hence achieves the effect of achieving an ample breastto an extent that one can not notice the existence of the bra cuppadding 1 form the outer appearance. Further, by lifting andconcentrating the chest 3 through the bra cup 3, the female clothes canhave more choice and the perfect and elegant female curve can bepresented completely without the assistance of a traditional bra.

Referring to FIG. 4, a schematic view shows another embodiment of theimproved bra cup padding structure according to the invention. In thisembodiment, the self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film 2 is coatedover the exterior surface of a bra cup padding 1 in a manner that thefilm 2 can stick and fix inside the two bra cups of the bra 4. As aresult, when the user wears the bra 4, the bra cup padding 1 can conformintimately to the bra 4 and will not displace due to continual moving ofthe chest achieving the purpose of comfortable in wearing a bra.Further, the bra cup padding 1 can be in a form of thin upper part andthick lower part such that the bra 4 can be converted into a magic bragiving the female chest 3 a firmer and ample appearance and more perfectsize and curve. If the user does not use the bra cup padding 1, the bra4 can return into an ordinary bra 4 by just peeling the bra cup padding1 from the bra cup 3 and as a result, the user has more choice in buyinga bra 4 without restricting just by a magic bra.

Said self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film 2 can be, of course,coated over both inner and exterior surfaces of the bra cup padding 1depending on user's need of sticking over the skin of the chest 3 orover the inner surface of the bra cup of the bra 4.

The improved bra cup padding structure has further several followingadvantages over the above-recited patent and other conventionaltechniques:

-   -   1. The improved bra cup padding structure according to the        invention comprises coating a self-adhesive, cross-linked        flexible silicone gel film over a finished flexible silicone bra        cup padding, a cloth bra cup padding or other type of bra cup        padding such that, once upon sticking on a clothing, the skin or        the film itself, it can be peeled off and reused readily        achieving the purpose of repeating use.    -   2. The improved bra cup padding structure according to the        invention can stick firmly over the female breast or the bra in        a manner that it can conform intimately against the skin of a        human body, produces an elastically and regularly moving sense        in accordance with the rhythm of human body without displacement        due to the continual moving of the breast and lets the user        forget almost its existence achieving the purpose of comfortable        in wearing it.

Many changes and modifications in the above described embodiment of theinvention can, of course, be carried out without departing from thescope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and theuseful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limitedonly by the scope of the appended claims.

1. An improved bra cup padding structure, comprising essentially of afinished bra cup padding, and a self-adhesive flexible silicone gel filmequally coated over the inner surface or the exterior surface of saidfinished bra cup padding to provide self-adhesiveness to the innersurface or the exterior surface of said bra cup padding, whereby saidbra cup padding can stick directly over the skin of the female breast orthe bra cup, and can be peeled away from the breast skin or the bra cupand reused readily.
 2. An improved bra cup padding structure as recitedin claim 1, wherein said flexible silicone gel is produced by moldingand hardening a polysiloxane polymer composition with following maincomponents and by a process as follow: component 1 being apolyvinylsiloxane polymer, having a viscosity in a range of 100 CST to100,000 CST; component 2 being a polysiloxane polymer, having aviscosity of less than 5,000 CST, and having at least one Si—H bond ineach molecule; and component 3 being a platinum catalyst; whereby saidthree components are mixed and heated to 70° C.-150° C. to harden andhence form a self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film.
 3. An improvedbra cup padding structure as recited in claim 1, wherein said bra cuppadding is a flexible silicone gel bra cup padding or a cloth bra cuppadding or other type of bra cup padding.
 4. An improved bra cup paddingstructure as recited in claim 1, wherein said self-adhesive flexiblesilicone gel film is produced through the unsaturated linkage of asilicone gel such that said film will not stick each other and that,once upon adhering against clothes, the skin or the film itself, saidself-adhesive flexible silicone gel film can be peeled away and reusedreadily without damaging the object being stuck or the film itself. 5.An improved bra cup padding structure as recited in claim 2, whereinsaid polyvinylsiloxane polymer has an ideal viscosity in the range of1,000 CST to 50,000 CST.
 6. An improved bra cup padding structure asrecited in claim 2, wherein said polysiloxane polymer has an idealviscosity in the range of 25 CST to 500 CST.
 7. An improved bra cuppadding structure as recited in claim 2, wherein said polyvinylsiloxanepolymer, said polysiloxane polymer and said platinum catalyst are mixedand heated at an ideal temperature of 120° C., and wherein colorants andfillers can be added during mixing said components for coloring andincreasing strengths of the product.
 8. An improved bra cup paddingstructure as recited in claim 3, wherein said bra cup padding is in aform of a thin upper part and a thick lower part, thereby the femalebreast is lifted and concentrated giving the female size and curveslenderer.
 9. An improved bra cup padding structure as recited in claim1, wherein said self-adhesive flexible silicone gel film is coated onboth the inner surface and the exterior surface of said bra cup padding.